30 MARCH 1951, page 16

The Bible And Christian Unity

SIR,—I felt sure someone would write to you in answer to the astonishing suggestion of W. L C. Bond that more intense study of the Bible would lead to a reunion of alt the......

Politics And Religion

SIR,—I cannot, as a Christian priest, understand the remarks of Janus on the Bishop of Birmingham, in which he separates religion and politics. Politics is the art or science of......

The Authentic Crayfish

siR.—I have not had the advantage of reading the report on your competition No. 50, but I can reply to Mr. Smallwood's questions in his letter printed in your issue of March......

Section 47 Sir,—your Issues Of March 9th And 16th Have

contained letters from "Consultant Physician" and Mr. Broughton on Section 47 of the National Assistance Act, 1948. "Consultant Physician's" letter indicates that the National......

"zbe Opectator," Liflarcb 29t1). 1851

Mucti anxiety has been caused to the friends of the Great Exposition by the effect of the recent wet weather ; and its enemies, including the vast army of croakers, have begun......

Yew Or Juniper?

SIR,—For the second time Mr. Richard Church writes about his " Irish yews," when he quite obviously means " Irish junipers." On the first occasion he mentioned their......

The Crisis In Persia

SIR,—Will Mr. Philips Price please inform us whether the cultivation of end addiction to narcotics, like opium and Indian hemp, is controlled and repressed by Soviet Communist......

Mrs. Carswell's Life Of Burns

S1R,—Your reviewer, Mr. Hilton Brown, takes exception to my cautious statement in the note I added to the new edition of my mother's Life of Robert Burns, that "it could be......

Dramatising Belloc

Sia,—Your reviewer of the new Hilaire Belloc anthology makes a passing mention of Belloc, the Sussex patriot. May I be allowed to call the attention of your readers to Lord......